> On Apr 7, 2016, at 6:39 PM, Xuxiaohu <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> On 4/6/2016 11:37 AM, Xuxiaohu wrote:
>> The situation in MPLS-SR is a little bit complex since the outgoing label 
>> for a given /32 or /128 prefix FEC could be learnt either from the IGP 
>> next-hop of that FEC or the originator of that FEC due to the IGP flooding 
>> property. In the former case, the IGP next-hop for a given FEC is taken as 
>> the next-hop of the received MPLS packet belonging to that FEC; in the 
>> latter case, the originator of that FEC is taken as the next-hop of the MPLS 
>> packet belonging to that FEC ... the latter case belongs to the "remote 
>> label distribution peer" case as defined in RFC3031
> 
> I don't believe this is correct.  In SR, the fact that label L was
> advertised by node N does not imply that a packet with L at the top of
> the stack needs to be tunneled to N.  In the typical case, the packet
> 
> [Xiaohu] The FEC associated the above label L is the /32 or 128/ prefix of 
> node N. When the IGP next-hop towards that FEC is a non-MPLS node, the LSR 
> receiving the above MPLS packet with top label of L is desired to forward 
> that MPLS packet towards node N via an IP-based tunnel. In this case, the 
> node N is the remote peer for that FEC.
> 

Is this really a “remote label distribution peer”? Or a local one by way of the 
forwarding adjacency of an IP Tunnel as a logical MPLS-enabled interface 
(towards N or bypassing the old router)?

Thanks,

— Carlos.

> Best regards,
> Xiaohu

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